Benedictus de Spinoza: this pure soul, this great realist, the first human being to attempt to become a citizen of the world. . . this down-to-

this pure soul, this great realist, the first human being to attempt to become a — Benedictus de Spinoza

this pure soul, this great realist, the first human being to attempt to become a citizen of the world. . . this down-to-earth passion.

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...Spinoza is one of those great men whose eminence grows more obvious with the — Benedictus de Spinoza
"Spinoza did not seek to found a sect, and he founded none"; yet all philosophy — Benedictus de Spinoza
I think the Ethics will have a permanent effect on me. — Benedictus de Spinoza
Deus seu Natura — Benedictus de Spinoza
Sincerity is that whereby self-completion is effected, and its way is that by wh — Confucius
Nous sommes si accoutumés à nous déguiser aux autres qu’enfin nous nous déguison — François de La Rochefoucauld
I believe the main task of the spirit is to free man from his ego. — Albert Einstein
I have entered on an enterprise which is without precedent, and will have no imi — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
James Fadiman and Robert Frager, Essential Sufism — Rumi
What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do. — Aristotle
Je veux que la mort me trouve plantant mes choux. — Michel de Montaigne
There is more owing her than is paid; and more shall be paid her than she'll dem — William Shakespeare